STAND. COM. REP. NO. 385
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 935
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 935 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate monies from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to maintain funding levels of programs for public health, safety, welfare, and education.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Department of Human Services; Department of Health; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Early Learning Council; City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services; Hawai‘i Primary Care Association; The Sex Abuse Treatment Center; Planned Parenthood of Hawaii; Hawaii Waiver Providers Association; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Ku Aloha; The Salvation Army Addiction Treatment Services; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.; Catholic Charities Hawai‘i; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Susannah Wesley Community Center; Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children; Good Beginnings Alliance; Read Aloud America, Inc.; Partners in Development Foundation; Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Special Education Center of Hawaii dba SECOH; Easter Seals Hawai‘i; Parents and Children Together; The Children's Alliance of Hawaii, Inc.; Hawaii Family Law Clinic, dba Ala Kuola; Child & Family Service; Blueprint for Change; Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; AARP Hawaii; Project Dana; National Multiple Sclerosis Society; International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142; and twelve individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from Executive Office on Aging, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and one individual.
Your Committees find that the national and global economic crisis has caused significant economic problems in numerous industries in the State. Difficult economic times and declining tax revenues have resulted in budget cuts for all state services. The current fiscal situation is threatening Hawaii's safety net of basic education, human services, and health to its most vulnerable citizens.
Your Committees also find that all of the programs included in this measure address vital needs of specific target groups or areas, including aging, child care, dental care, disability, domestic violence, and the uninsured. Each of these target groups and areas are equally important, uniquely defined as vulnerable, and deserving of priority status to be included in the State's budget.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting section 17 of the measure, which would have provided funding to the Hawaii Medical Service Association for Keiki Care;
(2) Amending the appropriation for the Hawaii Immigrant Health Initiative program to reflect Hawai‘i Primary Care Association as the recipient of a grant for this program provided at federally qualified health centers;
(3) Increasing the appropriation to support domestic violence shelters from $762,500 to $1,378,500, with the additional funds to be distributed for domestic violence shelters statewide;
(4) Clarifying an entity's name by changing the reference from Hale Hoomalu to Molokai Community Service Council;
(5) Deleting section 25 of the measure, which would have restored adult dental care formerly granted under QUEST health care payments;
(6) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $1,900,000 to Hawai‘i Primary Care Association for adult dental care provided at federally qualified health centers;
(7) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $100,000 to Maui Community College, for the adult dental care program;
(8) Amending the appropriation for outstationed eligibility worker services to reflect Hawai‘i Primary Care Association as the recipient of a grant for these services provided at federally qualified health centers;
(9) Amending the appropriation for outreach services to reflect the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association as the recipient of a grant for these services provided at federally qualified health centers;
(10) Amending the appropriation for outreach services to locate uninsured children to reflect the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association as the recipient of a grant for these services provided at federally qualified health centers;
(11) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $150,000 to the Susannah Wesley Community Center for the Susannah Wesley Community Center Youth Service Center;
(12) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $37,500 to Planned Parenthood of Hawaii for statewide sexual health education;
(13) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Partners in Development Foundation to provide comprehensive family training and transitional services to homeless families on the Leeward Coast of Oahu;
(14) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $3,200,000 for the Preschool Open Doors program;
(15) Clarifying an entity's name by changing the reference from University of Hawaii Family Law Clinic to Hawaii Family Law Clinic;
(16) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $165,505 to the Hawaii Disability Rights Center to provide advocacy service to individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness;
(17) Adding an appropriation in the amount of $1,560,000 to Read Aloud America, Inc. for the Read Aloud Program; and
(18) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 935, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 935, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,
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____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair |
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |